#ODDlight Feature: Jessica Rosen

Each month we bring a member of the #ODDfam into the #ODDlight and illuminate their interests, practices, and who they are. There is a real person behind those teachers and it’s their knowledge filtered through their own experiences that make them that person that pulls you into class.

JESSICA ROSEN is being featured for the 3rd time because gosh darn it, she owns the place! Check out her Past 2 #ODDlight features - HERE & HERE.

What's your name?  Jessica Fay Rosen

What do you do here at One Down Dog?  I own this bitch!

Your yoga studio before the remodel

the small room, before the wall.

When you were a little kid what did you want to be when you grew up? A lawyer.

When you were a grownup what did you want to be when you grew up?  

A therapist working with at risk teens and addicts. After 4 years of undergrad and 1 year of an insanely difficult masters program I became a therapist and realized it wasn’t for me. During my MA program I started practicing yoga and that changed my whole life. I started teaching at the rehab facility I was working at and found that to be more rewarding for both myself, and the students participating. Turns out yoga is my jam and I’ve been doing it and teaching it ever since.

What was the original purpose of One Down Dog?

Originally, originally… I created One Down Dog, LLC in 2011 because in the state of California if you work as an independent contractor making a certain amount of money you have to register as a business, and I knew one day this thing would be something. I was working as a yoga instructor at an adolescent rehab facility teaching yoga and leading addiction centered groups. The name One Down Dog came from “one day at a time” – a term often used in the recovery world to remember to stay present to and live life on life’s terms. One Down Dog is a reminder to take things as they come… one down dog at a time.

After years working in other peoples yoga studios, working as a high school teacher and yoga instructor and working as an addiction therapist, I decided to take the leap and create the space I had always dreamed of. One Down Dog as you know it now was created to offer a space for people to connect and feel a part of something in a city where it’s easy to feel alone.

What's your favorite yoga pose? Down Dog …duh.

What's your favorite animal? Dog. Patrick Bateman specifically.

What's your favorite food? French fries.

Top 5 places you order lunch from?

MyVegan

Sopressata

Forage

Four Cafe

Trencher

How do you intend to #MakeAwesomeHappen in 2017? BY OPENING OUR THIRD STUDIO!! Echo Park! YAY!

Tell us about a satisfying or memorable yoga moment?

My first class back after having Max, my kiddo, was less than 2 months post partum on Thanksgiving day 2015. Class was packed with 72 bodies including my cousins. We sang Hello by Adele in unison. I love my ODDfam.

What is a hope you hold?  That I will be an awesome mom and not fuck my kid up too bad.

Fun fact?

I played the Cello for a minute. My mom played when she was younger and had this super old Cello that she spent lots of money refurbishing for me. I took it to school one day and after hauling that big fucking thing on and off the bus I came home and announced that I was switching to viola. I then played viola for 3 years and was in advance orchestra in 8^th grade. How’s that for a random fun fact?

What should we be telling people about?

MAKE AWESOME HAPPEN! 6 week workshop with Ellina and myself. Starts 1/27 - https://onedowndog.com/workshops

Baby Patrick

Baby Daniel and Jessica (she never changes)